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Family	00.005.  Astroviridae
	Taxonomic Structure of the Family
	Family         00.005. Astroviridae Genus                      00.005.0.01. Mamastrovirus Genus                      00.005.0.02. Avastrovirus

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Species are defined on the basis of host of origin. Serotypes are defined on the basis of twenty-fold, or greater, two-way cross-neutralization titers. Serotypes assigned to the species are given consecutive numbers.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

Tentative Species in the Genus

None reported.

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Species are defined on the basis of host of origin. Serotypes are defined on the basis of twenty-fold, or greater, two-way cross-neutralization titers. Serotypes assigned to the species are given consecutive numbers.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

Tentative Species in the Genus

None reported.

List of Unassigned Viruses in the Family

None reported.

Similarity with other Taxa

None reported.

Derivation of Names

Astro: from Greek astron, "star", representing the star-like surface structure on virions.
Av: from Latin avis, "bird", representing avian host species
Mam: from Latin mamma, "breast", representing mammalian host species

References

Collated from VIIIth ICTV Report

Contributed by

Monroe, S.S., Carter, M.J., Herrmann, J., Mitchel, D.K. and Sanchez-Fauquier, A.

Version 4 is based on Virus Taxonomy, Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses, 8th ICTV Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Fauquet, CM, Mayo, MA, Maniloff, J, Desselberger, U, and Ball, LA (EDS) (2005) Elsevier/Academic Press, pp. 1259.

Additional References

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